China warns US against granting AI ability to ‘determine life and death’ on battlefield

China’s military on Wednesday warned the United States against allowing artificial intelligence to “determine life and death” in warfare, as a dispute between the Pentagon and AI firm Anthropic highlighted growing tensions over military use of the technology. Speaking at a regular briefing in Beijing, defence ministry spokesman Jiang Bin said the “unrestricted application of AI by the military” could “erode ethical constraints and accountability in wars” and risk a “dangerous technological...

By Cao Jiaxuan